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FDNY Chief on 9/11: It Was the Last Time I Saw My Brother
On the morning of 9/11, FDNY Assistant Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate a possible gas leak reported in downtown Manhattan. He had no idea what was coming. Pfeifer documented his experience as the first fire chief to reach Ground Zero in his memoir, "Ordinary Heroes." He spoke to Hari Sreenivasan about the day everything changed.
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